Anthony's Vocab

Paradigm- a clear example of something, pattern
POS: Noun
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Sentence:
How she just preformed that experiment was the perfect paradigm.
Related Words: pattern, model, example


Philology- the linguistics or the studying of rules to language or literature
POS: Noun
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Sentence:
Do you what is entailed when studying philology?
Related Words: linguistics, Latin phiologia- love of learning and literature, legend

Phonology- understanding the way of speech, including sound changes in one language or more
POS: Noun
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Sentence:
Some people need to know a few things about phonology before speaking.
Related Words: phonetics, phonemics, philology(ant)

Rhetoric- words or language that seems to be meaningful but really isn’t
POS: Noun
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Sentence:
Most of the president’s promises were rhetoric, seeing as how he barely able to do anything.
Related Words: eloquence, hot air, oratory

Syntax- studying the rules that dictate sentences
POS: Noun
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Sentence:
I am not accepting this paper with all of these syntax errors.
Related Words: systematic, orderly, French Syntaxe